“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places in Asia

“GT” des­tin­a­tions in Asia, includ­ing the Middle East, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

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Imagining peace: How travel writing bridges divides between Israel and the UAE

and January 10, 2026

Imagining peace: How travel writing bridges divides between Israel and the UAE.

Fol­low­ing the 2020 Abra­ham Accords, the United Arab Emir­ates (UAE) trans­formed from a dis­tant adversary to a pop­u­lar hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion for Israelis. 

Dr Irit Shmuel and Prof Paolo Mura ana­lyse how travel nar­rat­ives are help­ing to bridge the cul­tur­al divide between the two places.

It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.

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Khiri Travel achieves GSTC certification across eight Asian destinations

January 6, 2026

Khiri Travel achieves GSTC certification across eight Asian destinations

Khiri Travel, the South­east Asia-based des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment com­pany, has earned cer­ti­fic­a­tion as a sus­tain­able tour oper­at­or by the Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC).

Eight coun­tries
Rig­or­ous audit process
Staff cer­ti­fic­a­tion and awards
About Khiri Travel

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Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing

, and December 9, 2025

Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing. Image by Gemini.

Glob­al tourism’s centre of grav­ity has shif­ted to Asia. But how do Asi­an des­tin­a­tions main­tain their spec­tac­u­lar growth amidst nat­ur­al dis­asters, pan­dem­ics, and geo­pol­it­ic­al instability? 

Dr Dav­id Beir­man and Dr Jeff Wilks reveal the strategies behind the region’s resi­li­ence in their upcom­ing book, ‘Risk and Tour­ism Mar­ket­ing in Asia’. And Bernie Rosen­bloom shares key find­ings from his chapter on Laos.

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From reef rubble to recovery: How Livingseas Asia is leading tourism in Bali

December 7, 2025

From reef rubble to recovery: How Livingseas Asia is leading tourism in Bali

Tour­ism built Bali’s repu­ta­tion but nearly broke its reefs. Now, the same industry is becom­ing a force for recovery.

Led by Liv­ing­seas Asia, a pion­eer­ing dive oper­at­or in Padang­bai, a grow­ing num­ber of vis­it­ors are return­ing not to take, but to give back. They are reviv­ing cor­al eco­sys­tems one dive at a time.

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Cardamom Tented Camp among the world’s most responsible tourism projects: ICRT

November 4, 2025

Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia is among the world’s most responsible tourism projects according to the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT)

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp in Cam­bod­ia is among the world’s most respons­ible tour­ism pro­jects accord­ing to the Inter­na­tion­al Centre for Respons­ible Tourism. 

The eco­lodge was acclaimed among 30 final­ists at ICRT’s 2025 Glob­al Respons­ible Tour­ism Awards in Lon­don, Novem­ber 3.

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Can the tide of ocean plastic be stopped? The No-Trash Triangle Initiative thinks so

and November 1, 2025

Can the tide of ocean plastic be stopped? The No-Trash Triangle Initiative thinks so. Photo by Ezra Kaunang for NTTI

Per­haps 80% of the plastic in our oceans gets there via rivers. In Man­ado, Indone­sia the grass­roots No-Trash River pro­ject uses simple bar­ri­ers to catch plastic waste, pre­vent­ing it from reach­ing the Bunaken Mar­ine Park and spoil­ing its dive tour­ism hotspots.

Learn more from Anna Cler­ici, co-founder of the No-Trash Tri­angle Ini­ti­at­ive which is an EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Award winner.

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